The Pipeline From “I’m Indifferent/slightly Averse Towards This Popular Ship” To “this Ship Shows

Literally the most life changing thing i've read

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hi my reader friends lithub has a new syllabi section that has some great (u guessed it!) syllabi from much beloved writers like ocean vuong and ross gay here’s the full list that i have already added half of to my tbr:

ekphrastic poetry with victoria chang (featuring works of john ashbery, joy harjo, paul tran)

the literature of obsession with julia may jonas (obsession as transformation, destruction, catharsis and form)

place, space and landscape with alexandra kleeman (featuring didion, okorafor and hernan diaz)

lyric research with ross gay (books that combine research with an “I” like nelson’s bluets or christle’s the crying book)

hybrid poetry with ocean vuong (traditions, innovations and possibilities featuring bhanu kapil, rimbaud, clifton)

multigenre experiments in form with paul lisicky (for writing that explores connections between genres)

reading about writers with peter ho davies (books that teach the craft and give writing advice, think ‘the outline’ trilogy)

speculative women with lina maria ferreira cabeza-vanegas (a look at speculative works by women writers like jemisin, butler, k le guin)

writers and the world with viet thanh nguyen (rankine, baldwin, and coates)

sports and contemporary writing with sam lipsyte (exactly what it says on the tin)

I heard so many people talk about romanticizing your life and at first it was annoying but then I was eating an apple and it was red and sweet and I was making an effort to conciously and slowly enjoy my apple because that's what my therapist told me to try to be more in the moment and it was the best apple I ever ate. I ate it slow and really payed attention to the sweetness and the sourness and I was sitting outside under some trees and there was a breeze and I thought: This is a perfect moment, and one day I will wish I had the opportunity to sit here and conciously eat this apple and be happy. Anyways. Try making a big deal out of small things.

i zoned out a few years ago and never zoned back in

helloooo. saw discussion about how Adam and Ronan weren't even really friends for the first 2 books, and they got together out of nowhere.

intellectually I know I can just let it go but practically I do not have the ability~ I didn't wanna hijack someone else's post tho so I made this, about their development before we actually get to the epilogue of the Dream Thieves where things kick into high gear

thinking about that one quote from the simpsons about how much homer misses marge

life is so brutal to guys who just want to sleep

my main goal in life is genuinely just to have a good day

hi here's a booklist of contemporary poetry (ZLibrary, epubs + PDFs, free to download). already more than 100 books, but plan to add more as they become available + as i read them <3 enjoy!